tsjerkûle

tsjerkûle c (plural tsjerkûlen, diminutive tsjerkûltsje)

tsjerkûlen (plural)
tsjerkûltsje (diminutive)


wâldûle

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wâldûle c (plural wâldûlen, diminutive wâldûltsje)

wâldûlen (plural)
wâldûltsje (diminutive)


wâld

From Old Frisian wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.


beaken

beaken n or c (plural beakens, diminutive beakentsje)

beakens (plural)
beakentsje (diminutive)

From Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic *baukną.


iuw

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”).


toaniel

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toaniel n (plural toanielen, diminutive toanieltsje)

toanielen (plural)
toanieltsje (diminutive)

(figuratively) scene, site where something happens


registrearre partnerskip

registrearre partnerskip n (plural registrearre partnerskippen)

registered partnership
registered partnership

registered partnership, civil partnership


smoar

From Old Frisian smere, from Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus. Cognate with English smear, Dutch smeer and German Schmer.


oliif

oliif c (plural oliven, diminutive oliifke)


poddestuoltsje

poddestuoltsje n (plural poddestuoltsjes)


blêd

blêd n (plural blêden, diminutive bledsje)

From Old Frisian bled, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with Dutch blad and English blade.


bôge

bôge c (plural bôgen, diminutive bôchje)

From Old Frisian boga, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.
Cognate with Dutch boog, English bow, German Bogen, and Swedish båge.


sinesappeltsje

sinesappeltsje n (plural sinesappeltsjes)


fertsjustering

fertsjustering c (plural fertsjusteringen)


sirkwy

sirkwy n (plural sirkwys, diminutive sirkwytsje)

sirkwys (plural)
sirkwytsje (diminutive)


skoattel

skoattel c (plural skoattels, diminutive skoatteltsje)

skoattels (plural)
skoatteltsje (diminutive)


sjampinjontsje

sjampinjontsje n (plural sjampinjontsjes)


sjongfûgeltsje

sjongfûgeltsje n (plural sjongfûgeltsjes)


Grinslân

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


spoar

spoar n (plural spoaren, diminutive spoarke)

trail, trace (something leftover from a presence in the past)


stoomboat

stoomboat c (plural stoomboaten, diminutive stoomboatsje)

stoomboaten (plural)
stoomboatsje (diminutive)


stjerrekunde

astronomy (science, study of the movement, size and position of the celestial bodies and other objects and phenomena outside the atmosphere)


streektaaltsje

streektaaltsje n (plural streektaaltsjes)


trieme

trieme c (plural triemen, diminutive triemke)


ûnderseeboatsje

ûnderseeboatsje n (plural ûnderseeboatsjes)


berchgeit

berchgeit c (plural berchgeiten, diminutive berchgeitsje)

berchgeiten (plural)
berchgeitsje (diminutive)

/ˈbɛrɣɡɛi̯t/


berchgeiten

/ˈbɛrɣɡɛi̯tən/


needgefal

needgefal n (plural needgefallen, diminutive needgefaltsje)

needgefallen (plural)
needgefaltsje (diminutive)


gefal

gefal n (plural gefallen, diminutive gefaltsje)

gefallen (plural)
gefaltsje (diminutive)


hartoginne

hartoginne c (plural hartoginnen, diminutive hartogintsje)

hartoginnen (plural)
hartogintsje (diminutive)


hartoch

hartoch c (plural hartoggen, diminutive hartochje)

hartoggen (plural)
hartochje (diminutive)

From Old Frisian hertoga, from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō.


registrearre partnerskippen

registrearre partnerskip
registrearre partnerskip#West_Frisian


koarts

Borrowed from Dutch koorts, from Middle Dutch corts, further etymology unknown.


syktekym

Borrowed from Dutch ziektekiem. Equivalent to sykte (“disease, sickness”) + kym (“seed, bud, origin”).

compound

(rare, chiefly in the plural) A germ, a pathogen.


blauboarstke

From blau + boarstke (alternative form of boarstje).


ierdwjirm

ierdwjirms (plural)
ierdwurm (alternative)


pasfoto

Borrowed from Dutch pasfoto. Equivalent to pas + foto.

A passport photo, a passport photograph.


rêchbonke

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rêchbonke c (plural rêchbonken, diminutive rêchbonkje)

rêchbonken (plural)
rêchbonkje (diminutive)

From rêch + bonke. Compare Old Frisian hregbēn, hregbēn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone, spine”), equivalent to rêch + bonke.


eachlid

From Old Frisian āghlid, equivalent to each + lid.


merje

From Old Frisian merie, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.


soarch

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soarch c (plural soargen, diminutive soarchje)

From Old Frisian sorge, from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō. Compare Dutch sorg, German Sorge, English sorrow.


webstee

webstee n (plural websteeën, diminutive websteeke)

websteeën (plural)
websteeke (diminutive)


spinneweb

spinneweb n (plural spinnewebben, diminutive spinnewebke)

spinnewebben (plural)
spinnewebke (diminutive)


spinreach

spinreach n (plural spinreagen, diminutive spinreachje)

spinreagen (plural)
spinreachje (diminutive)


wetterwei

wetterwei c (plural wetterwegen, diminutive wetterweike)

wetterwegen (plural)
wetterweike (diminutive)

From Old Frisian weterwei, waterwei, equivalent to wetter + wei. Compare English waterway.


klassifikaasje

klassifikaasje c (plural klassifikaasjes, no diminutive)

Hoe nuver it der mei dy klassifikaasje hinneleit kin men oan Drachten sjen: dêr't de post jûns net mear bestelt, dat is in klasse leger, dus dêr fertsjinnet de boufakker minder, as dêr't dy jûns al komt. Jierren oanien is der skrept om fan dy klassifikaasje ôf te kommen, lykwols om 'e nocht.

1981, H. Twerda, Fan Fryslâns ferline: Fertelboek foar it Fryske folk, A.J. Osinga, →ISBN, page 430:

How strange it is with that classification you can see in Drachten: where the post no longer delivers in the evening, that is a class lower, so the construction worker earns less there, than where that evening already comes. For years they have worked to get rid of that classification, but in vain.

classification (act or action of classifying)


sibskip

De sibskip wier by de Germanen fen folle bitsjutting as militaire, maetskiplike en godstsjinstige ienheit fen minsken, dy't ien namme hawwe, ta bloedwrek ferplichte binne ensfh.

The relationship was of much use to the Germans as a military, social and religious unit of people who have one name, are required for blood revenge, etc.


foargrûn

foargrûn c (plural foargrûnen, diminutive foargrûntsje)

foargrûnen (plural)
foargrûntsje (diminutive)

Dêr is in hûn op 'e foargrûn.


grûn

grûn c (plural grûnen, diminutive grûntsje)

From Old Frisian grund, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

De bal is op 'e grûn.


oardiel

From Old Frisian urdēl, ordēl, from Proto-Germanic *uzdailiją (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *uzdailijaną (“to deal out; dispense”).


wyldernis

Origin obscure. Apparently related to West Frisian wyld + -nis, and also to Saterland Frisian Wüüldernis, Dutch wildernis, German Low German Wildernis.

unk

obscure


sûkelade

Borrowed from Dutch chocolade, from Spanish chocolate, from Nahuatl [Term?], though it is not clear from which word precisely. See chocolate for more.


stins

→ Dutch: stins

Shortened from Old Frisian stēnhūs (“stone house”).

(historical) A fortified stone house or tower, a keep.


reinigingsoffer

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reinigingsoffer n (plural reinigingsoffers)

Borrowed from Dutch reinigingsoffer. Equivalent to reiniging + -s- + offer.


wikel

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


sikehûs

From sike + hûs, calque of Dutch ziekenhuis.


froast

From Old Frisian frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz.


lofthaven

From loft + haven, calque of Dutch luchthaven.


supermerk

From super- + merk, calque of Dutch supermarkt, from English supermarket.


wjûd

From Old Frisian *wiūd, from Proto-West Germanic *weud.


winsk

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz. Cognate with Dutch wens and German Wunsch.

wish (that which is desired, longed for)

congratulations (letting it be known that one is happy with the happiness that befalls someone)


lokwinsk

lokwinsk c (plural lokwinsken, diminutive lokwinskje)

lokwinsken (plural)
lokwinskje (diminutive)

From lok + winsk. Compare Dutch gelukwens.


firus

firus n (plural -en, diminutive firuske)


útgong

From Old Frisian ūtgong, from Proto-Germanic *ūtgangaz. Equivalent to út (“out”) + gong.


yngong

From Old Frisian ingong, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Equivalent to yn (“in”) + gong.


fokje

Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.

inh

Ús foarâlders [hienen] iuwen lyn de haadsaak by it fokjen al to pakken.

Our ancestors [held] centuries ago that the main point in breeding was to fuck.

opfokje

to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate

trochfuorje

to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)


haadsaak

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haadsaak c (plural haadsaken, diminutive haadsaakje)

haadsaken (plural)
haadsaakje (diminutive)


jierboek

jierboek n (plural jierboeken, diminutive jierboekje)

jierboeken (plural)
jierboekje (diminutive)


leechfean

leechfean n (plural leechfeanen, no diminutive)

From leech + fean. Compare Dutch laagveen.

bog (especially one where the surface is at the same height as that of the water around it)


bêd

bêd n (plural bêden, diminutive bedsje or bedke)

bêden (plural)
bedsje (diminutive)
bedke (diminutive)

From Old Frisian bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.
Cognate with North Frisian baad, beed (“bed”), English bed, Low German Bedd, Dutch bed (“bed”), German Bett (“bed”), Swedish bädd (“bed”), Icelandic beður (“bed”).


fraach

fraach c (plural fragen, diminutive fraachje)

From Old Frisian frēge, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic *frēgō. Cognate with Dutch vraag, German Frage, Swedish fråga.


reaksje

Likely borrowed from Dutch reactie, in turn from French or Latin.


berjocht

berjocht n (plural berjochten, diminutive berjochtsje)

berjochten (plural)
berjochtsje (diminutive)

From berjochtsje. Compare Dutch bericht.


toskedokter

From tosk (“tooth”) + -e- + dokter (“doctor”). Akin to Saterland Frisian Tuskedokter and Dutch tandarts.

af

De fytsmakker ferkeapet fytsbannen.
De toskedokter lûkt net graach kiezzen.
Wy hoopje dat jo in priis wûn hawwe.

1995, Rienk de Haan, Mei freonlike groetnis, page 11:

The bycicle salesman sells bycicle tires.
The dentist doesn't willingly pull teeth.
We hope that they have won a prise.


huning

From Old Frisian *huning, from Proto-Germanic *hunangą. Cognate with Dutch honing and North Frisian honning, hönning.

hunich (alternative)
hunnich (alternative)
hunning (alternative)

bearen ite huning


ûnderlippe

ûnderlippen (plural)
onderlippe (alternative)

From ûnder- + lippe, possibly calqued from Dutch onderlip. Compare also Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe, English underlip, German Unterlippe.


sûkerbôle

Compound of sûker (“sugar”) + bôle (“bread”).

A sweet white bread with sugar baked within


foarwurd

foar- + wurd. Compare English foreword, Dutch voorwoord, German Vorwort.


spjelt

1978, Nije Fryske Bibeloersetting, Ezechiël 4:9

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Nim dan weet en koarn, grutte beane en reade earte, swart koarn en spjelt, doch dat trochinoar yn in pôt en meitsje dêr dyn brea fan: dat sil dyn iten wêze al de dagen datsto op dyn iene side lizze moatst, 390 dagen lang.


goedens

From Old Frisian *gōdnis /*gōdnisse, from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī. By surface analysis, goed + -ens.

(uncountable) benevolence, goodness, kindness


munysjeskip

Compound of munysje + skip. Cognate to Dutch munitieschip


ûnding

Calque of Dutch onding, equivalent to ûn- + ding. Compare German Unding, English unthing.


boaste

From Old Frisian bōste, from Proto-West Germanic *banstu, from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, related to *bandiz.


himel

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himel c (plural himmelen, diminutive himmeltsje)

himmelen (plural)
himmeltsje (diminutive)


breugeman

breugemannen (plural)
brêgeman (alternative)
breidgeman (alternative)
breigeman (alternative)


widze

widze c (plural widzen, diminutive widske)


ansjofisk

ansjofisk c (plural ansjofisken, diminutive ansjofiskje)

ansjofisken (plural)
ansjofiskje (diminutive)


izer

From Old Frisian īsern, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn (“iron”), from Proto-Germanic *īsarną.

(countable) iron object, instrument or tool


sydsulver

Compound of syd (“side”) + sulver (“silver”).

silverware (that women used to wear as jewelry on the side of their clothing)


snoadfoan

snoadfoan c (plural snoadfoanen, diminutive snoadfoantsje)

snoadfoanen (plural)
snoadfoantsje (diminutive)

From snoad (“smart”) + -foan (“-phone”), the latter from telefoan. Likely a Calque of English smartphone.


telefoan

telefoan c (plural telefoanen or telefoans, diminutive telefoantsje)

telefoanen (plural)
telefoans (plural)
telefoantsje (diminutive)
tillefoan (alternative)

asjebleaft ûnderbrekke my net as ik praat oan 'e telefoan

please don't interrupt me when I'm talking on the telephone


kwabbe

kwabbe c (plural kwabben, diminutive kwabke)

kwabben (plural)
kwabke (diminutive)
kwabe (alternative)
kwab (alternative)


leagener

Equivalent to leagen + -er
Cognate with Dutch leugenaar.


wynbrau

wynbrau c (plural wynbrauwen, diminutive wynbrauke)

wynbrauwen (plural)
wynbrauke (diminutive)
winkbrauw (alternative)
winkbrauw (alternative)

From wink + brau. Compare Dutch wenkbrauw.

De man tilde in wynbrau op, dúdlik yn de war.

2025, Adriano Leonel, Rose, The Royal Cleaning Lady👑, page 109:

The man raised an eyebrow, clearly confused.


oersetter

Equivalent to oersette + -er.
Cognate with Dutch overzetter.


fertaler

Equivalent to fertale + -er.
Cognate with Dutch vertaler.


fuotbal

fuotbal c (plural fuotballen, diminutive fuotbaltsje)

fuotballen (plural)
fuotbaltsje (diminutive)

De Vries: "Kwa punte-oantal (21) en posysje op de ranglist (11e) is it allegear reedlik normaal wat Van Persie sjen lit. Mar hy woe oanfallend en attraktyf fuotbal sjen litte en dat komt der noch lang net altyd goed út."

2025 January 9, Andor Faber, Roelof de Vries, Kin Hearrenfean stabiler wurde? Hellet Cambuur de play-offs? Dit ferwachtsje ús clubwatchers:

De Vries: "In terms of number of points (21) and position in the rankings (11th), it is all fairly normal what Van Persie shows. But he wanted to show attacking and attractive football and that does not always turn out well."


brosjuere

brosjuere c (plural brosjueres, no diminutive)

[brɔˈɕyˑə̯.rə]

From Dutch brochure, from French brochure. First attested in 1916.

It reisburo joech my in brosjuere mei details oer har fakânsjepakketten.

The travel agency gave me a brochure with details about their vacation packages.

brochure, booklet (short written piece, on a current issue or providing information on a specific subject)


urinaal

urinaal n (plural urinalen, no diminutive)

urinal (type of bottle to collect the urine of bed patients)


ôfkear

/ˈɔː.kɪˑə̯r/

Deverbal from ôfkeare. Compare Dutch afkeer.

(uncommon, uncountable) defense, resistance